0 MADAME DE rOMPADOUR. J-om London SocU ty. t What a charming portrait of a fair tamboar worker is that Wore us t IIow sweet and frank ia her glance as he looks np from the frame over which her dlioat fingers are plaj Ing, all unconscious of the admiration she is exciting I Wbatnaii'cio, ingenuousness, Inno cence in her countenauce; what native simpli city in the attitude, what artless eleganoe in the dress I Bhe has the face of an angel, the form of a Venus, the skill of Apelles, and the wisdom of Minerva. "Love saw her sleeping and took her for Psyohej she awoke, and he went away inconsolable," said or sang au admiring abb9 jrad Incipient cardinal. "She is a demon in disguise, profligate, rapacious, Balfish, cold Learted the evil genius of her country," wrote a stern, perhaps disappointed politi cian. The name of the artist and of the sitter will explain the charm of the picture, au 1 in a measure account for these contradictory esti mates of the character. The painter is Oreuze, the lady represented the Marquise de Pompa dour. The original painting is at Hampton Court, No 776 In the catalogue, No. 'JHli on the register; you will do well to examine it next time yon visit the old palace. The prominent part which ladies not al ways of immaculate morals, but almost always f diHtiuguished beauty, accomplishments, or wit have played in the highest circles of French society has often been instanced as a Jiroof of the gallantry of our lively neighbors, t is at least a distinctive feature of the na tional character. We have had imitations ot those exquisite salons and presiding deesws, bcH the imitations have been tame, the imitator inadequate, their influence confined ani evan escent. In other European capitals t tier a have hardly been even imitations. The institution Is essentially national, and likely to remain Bo; and even in France it may be considered almost a thing of the past, a tradition of the cncien rigime. What there is of it how looks Very much of a travestie. Long as is the list of remarkable women to Whom has been ceded the rule of giving the tone to court and society in France, none has reigned with a firmer power, and none has had wider or more lasting influence than the Marquise de Pompadour, nCe Jeanne-Antoinette 1'oisson. It is a curious and not uninstructive history, that of the Pompadour. Her father was au army contraotor, dis graced, rehabilitated; as would seem, not rich; vulgar, uneducated, altogether insignificant. Her mother well, scandal, when it wished to wound the daughter, spoke ill of the mother in various ways; but whether truly or not it Is perhaps too late to ascertain, and is hardly Worth while to inquire. But for her daughter She would not have been epoken of at all, and her memory may be allowed to rest in its nat ural obscurity. It is pretty certain, however, that whether educated or, as is more likely, comparatively illiterate, the was clever and clear-headed, without being over-scrupulous; Baw her daughter's capabilities, and employed all her skill and Fhruwdness in training la helle Poisson to make a more conspicuous figure in the world than she made herself. Jeanne-Autoiuette was born at Paris in 1720 Efiy the earlier accounts, in 1723 insists her latest and most devoted biographer: aud it is only fair to give a lady, and especially a Trench lady, the benefit of a doubt in so im portant a matter as three years in the date of her birth. Beauty, cleverness, and industry Were early developed in her. When a mere child she charmed all who saw her by the grace of her movements, her skill in drawing and song, her lively and intelligent talk. Her mother, acting? under the advicu. and &saintml hy the purso, of M. Lenormand de Turneheim a wealthy fermier-geueral, a family friend whom we shall meet again determined to give her the education of an artist, without as yet deciding whether she Should follow art 83 a profession. She was little more than twelve when she began to paint and to engrave on copper, and somewhat later she even learnt the diffi cult and tedious process of gem-engraving. At the same time she studied singing, the lute, and the harpsichord. In music her master was the famous Goliotte; in design she i had the counsel of the equally famous Vien. These varied and, as might be supposed, conflicting studies led neither to disgust with all or neglect ef any. Though credited with brilliant talents, the young Antoinette was docile, industrious, and persevering, and had then, as ever after, her feelings and inclina tions under strict control. In each of her Studies Bhe met with equal suc cess and applause. Her own predi lection was for engraving, and she : Boon acquired so much facility in the use of the etching-needle as to give promise of a respectable if not an eminent career, if en graving were selected as her profession. ; But Madame Poissoa was now brooding ever new schemes. Antoinette's beauty, talents, and fascinating manners were attract ing so much notice thut she felt sure a more rapid and brilliant road to fortune lay open to her than the burin would supply. 'C'est un morceau de Itoi,' said the sage matron, and her training must be adapted to her noble ambition. Engraving would endanger the leauty of her hands, and must be abandoned. The chief aim at present must be to cnltivate the personal graces. For a while dancing was made the principal pursuit; acting in the little operas and comedies, which it was the fashion to perform in the salons, was the chief relaxa tion. In the graud salons of Paris the leading actors and actresses and Grandval and Wad'lle Clairon were of the number took a ehare in these performances. Yet the play Was but a part of the entertainment, the host ess priding herself aa much on the spirit and intelligence of the conversation as on the suc cess of the comedy or the inusio, and taking as much pains to secure the presmnoe of the Voltaires and Marmontels, and other famous conversationalists, as she did to secure the popular autora, dancers, and singers. Mad'll. Poissou's beauty, vivacity, and accomplishments opened to her the doors f the most distinguished salons, aud she was rot slow to benefit by the opportunities they afforded her. It was a maxim with mamma that the mind must be trained to make the right use of beauty, and the daughter was an apt pupil. "Make the most of your beauty While it lasts," said Madame, "but it will be over at thirty, and then, unless you have some thing better to fall back upou, your power is lost and you are nothing." In this case the 'something better" was provided. "She ha.H received all the eduoatiou possible," wrote of her the Avocat Barl'mr, when she was emerging into notoriety. If she had not received all the education possi ble, she had received all the education ueoes sary for her purposes. She knew little or nothing oi books; she had none of the ologies; was ignorant of every language but her own. Hut she could design with the facility of an artist; her touch on the harpsichord was en chanting; she could take a part with Clairou in a little comedy, or dauce in a little ballot, when a ballet was the vehicle for the display vi jjuuiuimujiu grace; sing exquisitely Q'aud Bhe knows a hundred amusing songs'); rid cn horseback a me.nedlv; tell a story piqnantly was apt at repartee; extremely handsome; a charming dresser; In Bhort, a mistress of all the coquetries, and on the sunny side of seventeen. So armed and trained for conquest, she could hardly fail to conquer. An old fermler general, the wealthiest of his class, fluttered after her, but he had hardly singed hii wings when he dropped aud did. Madame was at a loss how to dispose of her daughter, and M. Lenormand de Turneheim again came in as deus ex mnchind. He had a nephew, M. Lenormand d'Ktoilles, sous-fer-inier-general, wealthy, amiable, Just ma le for Mademoiselle. They were married Jauuary, 1739, the lady ling in her fifteenth (or was it her eighteenth t) year. Ah, bat she was happy now I Had her own salon, where she could gather some notables about her, aud play and sing; her country house, her carriage; moved in good society, and, to crowu all, within a year a little daughter was added to the family group. Yet to be only Madame Lenormand d'Etoilles was this a sufficient result of so much love liness, such wit and patient culture f Madame could hardly think so. She had cherished that saying of maman. The king often came to hunt in the forest of Senart, iu the neigh borhood of which was her country house; might she not possibly fascinate him f She addressed herself resolutely to the trial. Sometimes she drove her phicton through the allces, sometimes she mounted on horseback and rode into the thickest parts of the forest or nhowed herself foremost in the chase. She caught tho eye of the king, and received a pasuing notice; but no more. The king Louis the Well-beloved was at this time under the sway of the Duchesse de Chateauroux, who would brook no rival. It was hard to bear but at length the duchess died, and majesty needed consolation. At a grand hunt Madame d'Etoilles appeared hab ited as Diana, and, fipproachlng the kin, made as though she would despatch a shaft at the royal heart. His majesty gallantly stooped to deprecate the wrath of the godde33, was charmed with tho esprit of her reply and on his return could think of nothing but the fair huntress. He begged an Interview. M. d'Etoilles was complaisant. Mon onole, the good M. Lenormand de Turneheim, lent his house for the meeting. The king was more pleased than before. The husband re tired to a post in the country. A judicial separation was obtained ia order to satisfy the pious scruples of majesty, and in the early months of 1745 Madame d'Etoilles d'Etoilles no longer was created Marquise de Pompadour, and formally presented to the queen and the royal princes and princesses. She had at last scaled the height could she maintain her footing there ? Her intellect was too penetrating, her mini too passion less for her to conceal from herself that the task was more difficult than that she had achieved. But she addressed herself to It with rare skill, and was rewarded with entire suc cess. For rineteen years she wa the virtual ruler of France. Despite of opeu enmity aud Secret intrigue, of growing years and failing health and fading beauty; of the exertions of the royal family and the execrations of the people, she maintained to the day of her dath her ascendancy over the mind of the king, though she had long lost her hold on his pas Eion. Once only was her reign seriously im perilled. When Damiens made his mud at tempt upon the life of Louis, the king, terribly frightened at his wound, made over the exer cise of the regal authority to the Dauphin, one of whose first acts was to order the Mar quise to withdraw from Versailles. Bat the wound proved slight; the king quickly re covered; the minister who had advised the measure was disgraced; aud the Pompadour was In greater favor than ever. The system by which the Tompadour swayed her sovereign was simple. Louis XV was indolent, Benuual, egotistical; intlllTereiit to the suilerings of his people, unlike his pre decessors, indifferent even to glory; belinvin that France was created only for him, yet averse to the consideration of public affairs, a man wholly given up te eelf-indulgence. The Marquise saw that her part was to provide for him con stant amusement, gratification. It was a hard and wearisome employment, but she male the best of it. The reign of the Pompadour was a period of rampant vice, but over what might have been merely Line and ignoble she threw an outer garb of refinement. Never did the French court wear such au air of voluptuous yet elegant gaiety as during the nineteen years of her reiga. Louis lav ished houses and land upon the Marquise, but they were insufficient to meet her expeuses; and it was not till she was able to make almost unlimited oalls upou the national ex chequer that her geniu3 for spleudor found free scope. Of her houses, Unoissy, "seat of soft delight," was that to which the king most loved to resort without the trappings of royalty. Here, surrounded with evary ap pliance of luxury, the gathered about her tUe proudest of the nobles, statesmen aud soldiers, the most biilliant of the men f letters aud artists, and the fairest of the ladies of Fraaoe. Here wits talked their brightest, women looked and dressed their bet. The sweetest voices and ablest musicians charmed the ear with their melodies; the choicest llowers loaded the air with their perfumes; the walls were graced with pictures and sonlpture. The Marquise hail lost none of her delight in theatrical amusements, and at Choissy she repea'edly improvised a little opera or comedy, or divertissement. These pleased the king so well that she had a theatre constructed, Gabriel the court architect furnishing the desigu, and Boucher painting the decorations. Tho actors were personages of rank marshals, dukes, countesses, or one or other of tho liou3 of the hour. Sometimes the Marquise herself par formed. Occasionally the kiug, who was proud of his voice which Madame assured him wa3 divine would delight his courtiers by taking part iu a petit concert, or joining the Marquise and Geliotte in a trio. The Dua de la Valliere was director of the theatre; the Al be do Lagarde prompter. At the represen tation of Voltaire's 'L'L'ufant Prodigue,' Mar shal Saxe played Euphemon, the Duo de Coigny Lise, and the Pompadour Martbe. The play, we may wH believe, was a graud suc cess, the king being foremost to applaud. Pieces by Crebillon and ltouswau were as Splendidly Spotted. All this eli-gaut trilling we Lave come to sae was serious work ou tLo part of the Marquise, a welcome means of riddiug himself of the weaiy hours on the part of the king; but how excuse Saxe, the grea;ft soldier of France, if not, a3 ho was tol l, of Europe in the midst of war, and on the ELndy side of fifty, sharing so actively in these frivolities? We need not take it uu tx-.rmtx. Have not our own mar shals, iu graver times, taken part iu a play ? Before us lies a letter written by that flue old Firld-Marsbal, the Earl of Combermere, iu which he says "We are going to play Viowi balts Furioiu at the Abbey. Sir John Elley (the dashing cavalry officer) plays 'Bom bastes. I am to take the part of 'Artaxoti nons,' and 'VVellingtou Pus bos.' " We may excuse Saxe playing "Euphcmon" to the Marine" oi the lair Marquise. It was to follow the p.'ays r!avn tint the Pompadour invented the fainouJ 2'itits huujh's of Choissy, where, iu a dainty room hung round with the canvases Of Boucher, Grtuze, Watteau, Vanloo, the king supped with a dozen chosen guests iu luxurious privacy. No servant entered the room, even to bring in tha viands. A note was laid on ft console in the oorner of the room; a 111 was sounded, silently the table descended, and as silently returned, bearing on it, as was ordered, the rarest dishes, fruits, wines", in vessels of plate, or glass, or Sevres. We are accustomed to these 'lifts' as we tall them vulgarizing the nam as well a1? the thing but when the Pompadour invented them they were regarded as a stroke of genius, and their execution a triumph of Loriot's art. Humor told of the orgies of which those petite goupes were the occasion; but though all that luxury could itnagiue was expended on them, it may be doubted whether they went beyond a refined voluptuousness. The king rather affected these select aud semi-secret parties, aud the Marquise eu couraged his taste. Eveu when her power had reached its highest, and she displayed it most ostentatiously, she reserved for her own apartment its haughtiest exhibition. The King of Prussia, Carlyle's Friedrich, had re pulsed her advance, though made through Voltaire when Voltaire was most in favor pretending not to know her, whilst he be stowed on the king a nickname on her ac count but the Empress of Austria answered her with ewpwsemvnt, addressed her as ma coiiiine, and la petite re.ine, and the Marquise made all who approached her treat her aa a queen indeed. In her cabinet de toilette she received it was the custom for grand dames to receive during the toilette even in Eugland, as we may see by Hogarth's Marriage a-la-Mode a few of the highest princes, dukes, and minis ters of State, to talk over matters of State, and matters of scandal; but no one was per mitted to sit down. There was but a single fauteuil in the room, and that she oooupied. For the king she would order a chair to be brought, but it was so done as to mark it as an exceptional favor. Choissy was the most splendid of her man sions, but she was proudest of Eellevue, as her own creation. It was built for her by Landureau; Dolisle laid out the grounds; the decorations were executed by Boucher, Van loo, and Pigalle. "I have made it a pretty place," she told her friends, "but without any kind of magnificence.' Without any kind of magnificence I yet fifteen hundred workmen were occupied for two whole years upon it, and she expended three million livrea say 120,000 upon the decorations alone. Truly, Antoinette Poisson had come to have right royal notions of the magnificent. Her patronage of literature and art is that which shows the Marquise in the most favor able light, and has cast a halo around her memory in the eyes of her countrymen. Voltaire, TkOusseau, Crebillon, Mar inontel, the encyclopedists generally, were welcomed with smite3 to her earliest salon, and received in various ways substantial marks of her favor. But writers of a graver character also found in her a generous patron. She gave Quesnay an appointment in her household; BulTou through her influence obtained his place in the Jardin des Plantes, and she (doubtless out of the national purse) defrayed the cost of printing the first edition of his "Histoire Naturelle." Aud these are but a few out of a hundred similar acts of munificence. There is a thin small folio volume, greatly prized by collectors, but very rarely met with, for but few copies were struck off, that may be regarded a3 the most authentio memorial of the Marquise's devotion to the fine arts. It is entitled "Suites d'Estampes exa cutees parMadame la Marquise dePompadour," and contains in all some seventy plates. They are chielly after gems, by J. Guay, but two or three are from carvings iu ivory, and half a dozen are mythological and infantile groups after Boucher. Several are dated, and the dates rarcg from 1751 to 175S; they were executed, therefore, during the most brilliant period of her reign. The subjects are clas sical and allegorical, treated in the fanciful manner of the time. The drawings seem to hare been mostly made by Vien and Boucher. Technical critios find a good deal of differenge in the handling; and it i3 possible the Marquise may have had assistance in the manipulative details, but nearly all the prints bear the signature "Pom padour, sculpt." When first published satir ists made themselves merry with some of the subjects. In one, Louis XV figured nude as "Apollo couronuaut le Genie des Arts," audit was gravely queried who could have eerved as the model the ultimate suggestion being the Abbe Bemi3 more remarkable for obesity rather than grace. In other plates the king appears as Hercules; the Marquise as Victory. But the Marquise best loved to see herself as Minerva, either as "Protectrice of the Arts," where, that there might ba no mistake in the identification, the goddess, instead of the wgis, bears ou her shield tie arms of Pompadour; or as the "Protectrice of France," as she is figured on the royal seal, holding in one haud the national escutcheon, in the other the regal sceptre. Whatever may be thought of the truth or taste of the latter assumption, there cau be no question of her right to the former title. Her patronage was, indeed, extended to the whole range of French art. Painting, sculpture, architecture, were all encouraged by her with a royal disregard of cost that no sovereign had exceeded and few approached. Boucher, Van loo, Watteau, Greuze, Pigalle, were pensioned or liberally encouraged, and the younger and less eminent artists found in her a warm friend. Under her auspices the school of Home was reorgani.ed aud exteuded, the grand prize founded, and the exhibition esta blished. Had she lived long enough, Napo leon HI would hardly have needed to rebuild Paris. She bad sent her brother, created through her interposition Marquis de Mai igny, to Italy, attended by a staff of professors, to study art; and on his return she procured his appointment to the direction of the national palaces and buildings, and together they de vised a pcheme for the embellishment of the city on the most magnificent scale. Financial difficulties prevented its accomplishment iu its integrity, but boulevardi were laid out, the Chumps Elygees formed, churches and hotels built. It was during the Seven Years' War the result of her evil councils that these works were proEtcuted with the greatest energy. The public disoontent, the ill-humor of the king, she thought would be best de tracted by these undertak ngs, and at the same time employment be found for many of the unemployed and clamorous Parisian workmen. But one of the most remarkable of her artistic plans was the foundation of the famous porcelain works at Sevres. Sevres was almost entirely her creation. For the factory she set apart a palace, provided with beautiful gar dens, fountains, canals, and whatever could a id to the charm of the plaoe, or the pleasure of the workmen, for whom she procured various immunities and privileges, including the much-prized liberty of hunting in the forest as well as the petite chasse. The inanu fucluiff itself she watched over with the great est interest, frequently visiting the works, suggesting new objects and new designs, sometimes furnishing designs herself, or making alterations iu those laid before her, or proposing new combinations of color. Choice works were executed at her desire, and painted by eminent artists iu order to present to the king, or some favorite prime or minis er, or to adorn her own apaitinents. To purchase costly articles from the Sevres works was a success ful mode of winning her favor, and she soon had the happiness to find the taste for Sevres, especially her own favorite pate tendre, beoome a rage. The true old Sevres is perhaps at good an illustration of her artistic taste as can be fonnd. Elegant, brilliant, luxurious, yon hare In it the genuine Art Pompadour, as it was designated by French critios, the art that has colored every subseqent species of French design, and some little difference of style is the prevalent Parisian art of to-day. Well would it have been had she been con tent to direct the arts of France. But she became as much the rnler of the state coun cils as she was of the ateliers. Miuisters were made and disgraced at her bidding, and to her France owed the most disgraceful and deso lating of her wars, and much of the misery of her people. "Even the administration of the Duo de Choiseul," the ablest of the ministers of Leuis XV., as Villemain has truly said, "subordinated itself to her frivolous and pro fane Influence." It was under this lull uence that the absolutism of France became at once intolerable and contemptible, aud the poverty and oppression of the masses were strained to the utmost. The reign of the Pompadour was the preparation of the lie volution. Apres nous le deluge, said her ignoble master, and it came quickly. The last years of the Marquise were full of bitterness. She was constantly ill; always weary. She knew that she was hated by the nation, envied and dospised by the Court. No arts could conceal the loss of her beauty, and she had to endure the indifference of her once impassioned lover, and the gibes of meroiless and irrepressible satirists. The subjection of Louis to her opinions had grown into a habit; but she found that it was only by incessant exertions, and the utmost complaisance to his ever-growing licentiousness, that she could keep him in good temper, er hope to retain her hold upon his feeble intellect. OPERA GLASSES. F K0H BAI1D0U & SOS, PAlilS. JAMES E. 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Glasgow, and Derry, .cabins f90 and 7B, ucoordli g to location. Excursion tickets, good for twelve months, tloo. Intermediate, v; hteerse. fJ5. Prepaid certlncales from these porM, f35. Passengers hooked to and troni Hamburg, Rotter dam, Autwerp, Havre, etc.. at very low rutun. Forlnrther Information apply at the tympany's ClUce, No. 6 BOWL1NU UK EN, New York. HENDL1HON BROTHERS. To avoid Imposition, pasneiifcrr will please coma direct to the office, aa this Company doea not employ runners. 8 ttOf LONDON AND NEW YOKK STEAMSHIP LINK. PRS'age to London direct, (110, fl and t0 currency. Excursion tickets at reduced ralea available for t Knonth. ATALANTA. P.ELLONA. CELLA. WM. PENN. Freight will be taken and through bills of lading given to Pi avre, Autwerp, Rotterd am, Amsterdam and Dunkirk, Forpssae apply to ROBERT N CLARK, No, 26 BROADWAY, New York. For freight apply at No. 64 HOUTH street, Vi. Y. i2t HOWLAND & ASP1N WALL. Agenta. CUNAHD LINE OF EXTKA STEAMERS, BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVKRPOO.L. CAILINU AT UUEENSTOWN. FROM NEW YORK EVERY WEDNESDAY. TRIPOLI. ALEPPO, RATES OF PASSAGE: Cabin Gold. btet-rage til Currency. steerage tlcketa from Liverpool or Queenstown at lowest rates. For Freight and Cabin Passage, apply at No. 4 Bowling Green. For bteerage Passage, apply at No. 6 Broadway. 2 ait E. CUNARO. QNLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE. 1 II E GENERAL TRANSATI ANTIO COMPANY'S WAIL BTKAMbHlPH llKl'WKKS NEW-YORK AND HAVRE, CALLING AT RjttEIT. The splendid new vessels on this favorite rontq for the Coutineut will nail from Pier No. M NORTd Riven NAI't I,KON Leraarle P REIRF Duchesne VILLE DE PARIS Surmont ST. LAURENT Bocunde PRICE OF PASSAGE in GOLD (Including wine), TO BKEST OR HAVrtE, " First Cabin, ltio or $ no; Hecund Cabln.'tSS, TO PARI.S, Including Railway Tickets, furnished on board, Firm Cabin, JIM or I45; Heooud Cahiu, A-ms. These tttmnm do tiol can y ttcrriititpwuiiiutii l. Medical attendance free of charge. American travelers going to or returning from the Coullneut of Europe, by taking the ateamnra or this line, avoid onneci-ssary risks from transit by English railways and crossing the chanuel, besides auving time, trouble, and expanse. GEO. MACENZTE. Agent, 2 2t No. b BROADWAY. LIVERPOOL AND GREAT WESIERN STEAM COMPANY. 1 he following FIRST-CLASS IRONSTEAMSniPS, built expressly lor the New York trade, are Intended to sail regularly between N EW YORK and LIVER POOL, calling at VlUEENBi'OWN, vtii.: MANHATTAN. MINNESOTA, COLORADO, NEBRASKA, With other 11 rat-class steamers building. From Pier No. 37 East River. Cabin (the accommodations being equal to any At lent 10 steamer), ft.ii. gold; return tickets, l,guld; in ateernge, (8, currency. Hvkets to bring out passengers from En rope can be obtained on reasonable terms. For freight or pas sage apply to WILLIAMS A GUION, No, 71 WAXL Street. For steerage passage to P- 21 1 WILLI A Mb t GUION, No. 29 BROADWAY. PROPOSALS. "IMPROVEMENT OF OGDENSBCRQ II Alt- JL L'UR. NEW YORH. t'ealed Pri poeuis. Iu duplicate, will be received at this office until 11 M.. MONDAY, August 10, 1HB8 for deepening by dredging the harbor or Ogdeusburg, Ntw York an aa to give twelve feel of water at the lowest stage, Id the following places, viz.: Section J. On the outer bar across the channel Into the upper harbor, uonlieasueily from the lighthouse, where shorn l:t,nu'. cubic yard, of hard aaud la esti mated to require removal. Section Jl. Between the bridge, the ferry wharf and the Rome Railroad depot, where, It Is eill n.ati d, r botit 2S,iho cubic rurds ot very hard "hard pun," wiiii giavul and small boulders, must be taiteu out. All the rraterlcl (which will be measured In the scow) must be dumped at least hair a mile below tho outer bar. In deep w ater, at a point lo be marked. 1 he work must be commenced as soon a possible, and no later thuu kept. 15 18. continued as loug as possible this beason, and completed by tue3Uthol No vember. ltt9. Bidders must propose for each section separately, and separate contracts will be made fur each. Bios must be made upon primed blanks, which can be procured at this office, for similar written ones), w hich mutt be properly 11 lied up aud slgued ai Indi cated. Ail the information possessed at Ibis office will be given to bidders, but all ivishinu In rontrart are partieulurly rettutxttd lo examine at OytUnsliurp beore micitni; in ttuir bills, C. a. ilLI) T, Lleitt.-col. nugineers ana Brevet-Col, U. B. A. V, S. h NtllNKVB OFFIOK, 1 OtWF.uo, N. Y-, July 14. ls4j T 18 20t jpiTLER, WEAVER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF MANILLA AND TARRED CORDAGE, CORDS TWINKS, ETC., Ko. 23 North WATER Street, and No. 22 North D LAW ARK Avenua, ImiULOKLraiA, EnvviN H, Fitlkr, Michael Wbavkr, COJUBAB F. CLGTtUKB. 2 1-tf WOODLANDS CEMETERY COHPANT The following Uunagerii aud Oillejra have been elevieJ h r the year ls'S; Wm. Kitriiiiui tV T.forwt Ol'llei J-4fUlell, ' Fenltnftnd J. Jjreer, t-ecmaiy auu .Treasurer jus. a. ijv The Slnuau-ers have passed a resolu luu requiring both Lothi ldera aud VIMlora to present tickets i at ttie eulrance for admission to the Cemetery. l'tnw may be had at the Office of the Company, J1 A1U 11 Street, or ol any of the Man agora. 7 li . TTNITED STATES REVENUE STAMP3. U Principal Depot. No. 1C'1KNU r Street. Central Depot. No. t South EIKrUirel, Ouedod below Cbeaaut. Kmabltahed lstfi. Revenue btamM oi every dwurlpllou oouatautlyoi band In any amount. itedera by lf.aU or Vxjpreaa arpntpUff ftiAortdeakW SHIPPING. iftfrFts STEAM TO LIVERPOOL, CALLING! aiLWVnJi AT UUEENoTOWN. iuc luuian Line, nnder contract with the United States and Brlttah Govararuenu, for carrying lh l at's. ... - , CITY OF PART.....M.......Batnrday, Angnst X CITY ok LONDON ............. .........Hanirdnv, August I CITY OF wAbhj NUN (via Halifax) Toaad'y.Aag. 11 S ily ,J BALTIMOaE....Bturlay. AagiittlK CITY Or !MriON.. .M,...sturaay, Augu.tlt ',.i?LVVia,,'BX -...Tuesday, Auguat IS CITY OF ANiwkhp Hatnrdaf, August 111 aud ech sucteem.,. Saturday and alternate MonOay, at noon, from Pier Na. NORTH River. evSry BATuiMt!?' M,u memer 8AIUJS Payaole In Gold. i pavable In Currency, First Cabin...........,.. storage. .t to London IU; to London.. 4 Jo Paris.... 116 tol'aria at rassageby tbe Monaay ifammi-t'iihiii, tM. gold; Steerage, iss, currency. Itatea ot passage from Near Pa sepgera also forwarded lo Havre, Hamburg. Brit men, etc., at moderate rates. Steers iiwf tFn Or. rvnnv vl-i i i ...... - . . in nns, ur Klreat, i'hlla. C''"(viTY. iMEKICAN STEAMSHIP Railroad. umm NEW ARRANGEMENT. Salpng from New Yo k on th 6th and 2r)th of F.VERY MONXii.or theday belure wnen taose dates, lall on snnilay. Pange lower than by any other line. For Information address I). N.CAKrtl.VOTON. Ajflnt, Pier No. 46 NORTH K1VEK New York, , ... Or IHOMAS Jl. tiltAHLK. ,r t, ,?Jv,l.7WLNur K'reet. PhUiideluhl fa. W. H.WEBH. Presiden. HAH. DANA, Vlce-Prei Offlce-M EXCHANGE fMK. New York. A g aa Passage to and from obkat aUcAhAl URllAlN AND IRtOUND Ai Y OIEAMHHIP ANI SAILING PACKET. AT RfclJl 0(O It A IKS DRAFTS AVAILABLE THRuUGHOUT KN I.AND, IRELAND, SCOTLA.N D. AND WALE For part leu Ih's apply to , . uTAl'0oiTr, BUOTHEKS A CO., NO. 86 SOUTH (street, aud N. 23 liHOAhWAT, Or to Till. MAS T. SEA RLE, U N .. 217 WALNUT -ItreeC rf?, NEW EAPREaS LINE TO ALEX. aAC - in. andrla. Georaeuiwu. ami W., D. ci., via Cbrsspeake aud Del ar- a nectionaat Alexaudrla rrora the most d'rect routa lor Id inch burg, Bristol, Knozville, Nashville, DaRou and the Southwest. Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from tl.eflnt wharf Market street. Freight received aally. WM. P. CLYDE A CO., t t. . .tttJSS' "rih and south Wharves, J. B. DAVIDSON, Agent ui Georgetown. M. ELD RIDGE fc Co., Agents at Alexandria, Vta gin la. 'gi TrfT, NOTICE.-FOR NEW YORK, Vli iaar ' i tla DELA W ARK AND RA RI TAN CANA-Li Tho iL,Xi'1r8 STEAMBOAT VOUpASY. The Steam Propellers of this line leave DAILY from hrsl wharf below Maraet street, THROUGH IN U HOURS. Goods forwarded by all the Hues going out of New Yijrk. North, East, aud West, free ol commission. Freights received at our usual low rales. WILLIAM P. CLYDE & CO.. Agenta. JAMFR HANdJ 1A4gteuJ:UARV1 "tad.lphUj Ko. lltf WALLHtret. corner of Bonth, New York, Dliri a 1 1 C I I 1 t a irnr..n.. a amiu mmam ' aivaa vuu " a uniunilir 111 . 11. THROUGH FREIGHT AIR LINE TO TDLB klf A I : '1 IT aHlrk tl'LLt n W . J 1 A ' It M I lb k I II L ht'l' L.' A 1L1 t ri w m.-, a AX Xa Al A Yv XV O X , . EVERY HATCRUAY, BtreeuCn' m JrllwT WHAKF above MARKKT THROUGH RATES and THROUGH RECEIPTS to all up ns In North ana Kouih Carolina, via Uea board Air Line Railroad, connecting at Portsmouth and to Lynchbnrg, Va., Tennessee, aud the West, via Virginia and Tennessua Air Line and Rluumoud ana Danville Railroad, Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOW KR RA'i'iH THAN ANY OTHE It LI Ma. The regularity, safety, aud cheapness of this ronto commend it to the public as tne moat desirable ma dium for carrying every description of freight. No charge for commission, drayage. or any expense Ol transfer. Steamships Insured at lowest rates. Freight received dally. WILLIAM P. CLYDE ft CO., No. 14 North and Hoiuh WHARVES. W. P, PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point. T, P. CROWELD ft CO.. Agenta at Norfolk". 6 1? r tlTT FOR NEW YORK-SWIFr-SURU aawiii i ii II i JaTraiisportatluu Company Despatcai a u bwiit-Hiire Lines, via Delaware and Ataritan Canal, on and fler (tie IBtti of March, leaving dally at uu a . ju wuutuuuK wiLu au nortnem and awtiu mien. es, it, which will he taken on accommodating ty to WILLIAM M. BAIRD ft CO.. No. lat B. DELAWARE Aventia. for ireigtii, terms, apply I i it jal'RWai T wumumui o ww 1.IVI', Liltta, ilL FOR NEW YORK. ...... A . nH'TlTT'l.r, . .VT . r. ....... - Goods oy weUbt, 10 cents per 100 lbs , gross Measurement goods, 4 cents per cubic foot. Freights received ai all times, and lnsurauoe Rati, an teed ut three-eighths percent. For further Information, apply to , !. JOHN F. OHL . ' 21 ' Pier 19 N orth Wharvea. STEAMBOAT LINES. .ESSEi. BRISTOL LINB B1.VEa SETT I0EK AXD D0ST05, VIA BRISTOL. For PROVIDENCE, TAUNTON, NEW BEDFORD CAPE COD, and ail points of railway cou-munloa-tlon. East and North. The new and splendid steamers BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE, leave Pier No. 4 NORTH RIVER, foot of canal street, adjolulug Debr asses rtirett Ferry, New York, at6P. M dall. buudaya excepted, coa nectlng with steamboat train at Bristol at 4 do A. M., arriving In Boston at a A. M. in time lo cotiuect with all the morning iralua irota that city. Tne moat da Biranle and pleasaut route to the White Mountains, Travellers lor that point can make direct oouae. tlous by way of Providence and Worcester or Boatoa. tstate-rooms and Tlcketa seemed at oilice ou Plor In New Y or. 81Bm H. O. BRiaaa. General Manager. .ffi. F 0 B CLPE MAT. tiSf?m'it On TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS, ail4 bAltbiMlH, The splendid new steamer LADY OF THE LAKE Captain INGRAM, leavlog Pier 19 above Vln3 Street, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9-15 A.M., and returning from Cape May on Monday. W ednesday, aud Fnday. FAuE fi-M. luoiuding Carriage Hire, bervants...l'I0, " Children... il-.S. ' " Seasou Tickets, 111), Carriage Hire extra The Ludy of the Lake Is a tint- sea-boat, has ha4 some slate-room accommi dailous, and United up with everything necessary tor tbe sulety and uomfoxt Of passengers, G H. HUDDELL. CALVIN 'P AUU ART. Olllce No. 8 N. DKLAWAKE Avenne. fa mt r-irZ.t, FOR CHESTMt, nOOK, AKS afc7(iuS.wtU WILMINGTON At g 80 and 9 SO A. AA, ku t si f. M. The steamer S, M. FELTON and ARIKL leava CHEbNUT Street V. harf (Hnndays excepted) at IN and it-jo A. M.. and StU P. M., returning leave Wll rulngteu at 850. A. M., Ii Mi, and S'ou P, M. flopping at Chester and Hook each way. Fare, 10 cents between all rolnh. . Excursion tickets, 15 cents, good to return by eltheg boat. 8 8 tf pjir, PHILADELPHIA AND IEN. ii '' '' a i li '"" tr.ieau.himt Line. The steamboat liiuvv J A tuuHKaT leaves ARCH Street Wnarl, far Trenton, stopping at Tncony, Torresdale, Beverly, BnrlingUiu, Jirlswjl, Floreuue Rabbins' Wharf, aaat White Aim. Leaves Arch Street Wharf Leaves South Treutan. baiur-U.y.Julj 6), A, vi I Saturday, July its, U A. AC Sunday July 2(1, to Atunlugloti, BriKioi, aud latere meolalu laudluia, leaves Arch street wharl al 8 A. Aa. and 2 P. h'.: leaves Bristol at ln A. M. and IS P. At Monday, July 27. 81, A.M Moudity, July v:7,lu-a A.AA Tueduy, ' 'AS, 7 A.AI Tuesday, " 2S.I1 A.aC Wed'dty, ' 8 A M I Wed'day, ' VM Af. Thursday, " mi. 10 A. M Thursday, , H P A Friday, "81,10 AAllFrlday, " HI. A P.at Fare to Trenton, i aaata each way; Intermediate ttlacra. 2fi oenta. 4 11 X--s OPPOSITION TO THE COM Jkt4ulABlNED RAILROAD AND RISKS. bu'erJOIIIf BTLVTER wilt make dally oxcuiaions to Wilmlugbta (suadaya excepted), toank lug al heater and Alarvus Hnak, leaving ARCH Street w half at iu A. M. and 4 P. lij returning, leave WI'mlBn ai7 A Al, aud 1P.M. Light frslghis lakea. " I W. BURNS. 28 tf C-plaln,' m,xZ DAILY EXCURSIONS. THB splendid t.u ambual JOHN A. WAlt tkt.u. nave,, CIIr.bNUT btreet Wuarf, Phllada,, at I o'clock and t o'clock P. M., for Burliiigi'in aad Brlbli'l, touching ut Kivenoa. Torrexdale, Auda'.usla, and Beverly. Kelurulng, leaves Bristol at 7 o'ulodt A. M, and 4 P. M. Fie, 2i cents each way: Excursion 40 eta. til tf WILLIAM 8. GRANT, COMMISSION M HROH ANT. N. 8 B. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia, HUNT FOH nnpont's Gunpowder, Retlued Nitre, Charcoal, Eto W. linker Co. 'a Ihocolate Coco, a id Proma. I Ti cker, Bros, (dt Co.'a VellOW Metal SUeallilngV Roll and Nallc. IU I ., Vurt.n.. n . a.m be bnugnt hereby persons aetidliig lor tbelr friends. For further Information, apply at the Company a rffice. JOHN r DALE, Aganw No. IS PROA DW AY. New York.
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